Mastering wartime : a social history of Philadelphia during the Civil War / J. Matthew Gallman
1990, 1st edition. Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #390124
Physical description; 354 pp.: illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents; Filling the ranks -- Kinfolk at war : Philadelphians' response to death and separation -- Old rituals for new causes : civil celebrations at war -- Help from the home front : wartime voluntarism in Philadelphia -- The Great Sanitary Fair of 1864 : exercise in civil volunteerism -- Preserving the peace : order and disorder -- Soldiers and the city : the military challenge to public order -- Philadelphia's workers in wartime -- The fortunes of war : the Civil War and Philadelphia's manufacturing development -- The economic life of wartime Philadelphia -- Winners and losers : the R.G. Dun credit reports -- Conclusion : towards the centennial city. Subjects; Economic history. Social conditions. Philadelphia History Civil War, 1861-1865.
Price: €14.95